COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 146, 19 June 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

■ ■ MESSRS ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. Horses.—We had a full yarding at the Haymarket on Friday last, and a good attendance of buyers. lleavy draughts sold at troui £31 10/ to £3G: active wagou and express sorts, £25 10/ to £35 10/; mares aud geldings up to a ton, £14 10/ to £21 £>,'; bakers' and butchers' cart class, £15 15/ to £2u 10/; hacks aud buggy horses, £10 10/ to £23; gig ponies and ordinary riding sorts, £3 15/ to £S 5/; drays, £11 5/ to £11 10/; light trap, £8. A fair yarding of stock at Pokeno on Monday was disposed of at full values. Backward cows and heifers, £2 15/ to £4; small, fat, young cows and heifers, £3 17/6 to £4 11/; fresh empty cows, £2 5/ to £3; 18----month steers, £2 15/; mixed yearlings, £1 11/ to £1 18/; strong calves, to £1 6/; forward three and a-half year old steers, £5 15/; ewes In lamb, 13/.

I Tbe Kunc-iman yards were moderately filled with cattle ou Wednesday. Dairy cows were in demand, and sold at from £6 j 10/ to £8 10/ for Ijcst at their profit; spring- ! Ing heifers, £4 15/ to £6 5/; cows to calve in ! the spring, £3 to £4 10/; fat cows and heifers, | £4 to £5: empty cows. £2 to £3 12/; 18-monU] I to two-year-old steers, £2 12/ to £3 5/; three and s-half year old steers, £5 5/: choice yearling steers, £2 51; strong calves, lv/ to £1 6/; smaller, 8/ to 13/; 18-month heifers. £1 12/6 to £2' 2/. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows realised from £7 7/6 to £0 for best," others £4 to £5 10/; few stores yarded. Fat and young calves In average numbers. Heaw sold to £2 6/; medium, 13/ to £1 10/; smail 2/ to 10/: 79 sold. Three hundred and U-en ty-six fat cattle met with firmer competition I throughout. Steer beef brought from £11/ !to £1 2/; cow. 18/ to £1 1/. Steers ranged in ; price from £6 2/6 to £10 10/; cows. £3 10/ to •£8 10/. The sheep pens were fairly well j filled with mutton of choice quality. 'Prices ■ Improved ou late quotations. Heavy weth--1 ers. £1 0/3 to £1 4/6: others, 15/9 to 18/0. Extra heavy ewes. £1 3/6; heavy, 17/6' to i 19/6; lighter, 13/0 to 16/9: hoggets, 11/ to ; 14/: shorn. 10/3 to 12/3. The advertised ! owes in lamb sold from 10/ to 14/: store wethers, IJ2/6 to 15/6. A fair supply of pigs sold at late high values. Baeoners, £3 9; to £4 3/; porkers, £1 15/ to £2 6/; lighter weights. £1 8/ to £1 13/: slips. 13/ to 18/; small. 8/ to 11/: weedy. 3/3 to 5/: S3 sold. Hfaes, Skins, Tallow, etc.: Hides—Ox. in demand. 5d to 6}d: cow, 3*d to 4d; kip and calf, 3Jd to 4}d; horse, 5/ to 7/: damaged bides, 2d to 33d. Horsehair. 1/ to 1/3: horns. 2/ to 8/ per hundred: hones. 4/9: tallow, 17/ to 22/6. Skins—Botchers' salted, 1/8 to 2/6; pelts and lambs', lOd to 1/6; damaged, Id to 7d. HIDE? AND SKINS. Messrs. C. B. Klngswell and Co. report:— On Tuesday we again cleared an extra lnrge catalogue of hides, skins, tallow, etc. The market is firm for all well flayed and conditioned ox; cow again lower. Hides; Extra stout 7d to 7}d, stout 6Jd to 7d, medium to 6r light 3d to old; cow, best 4J. good 3|d to 4rt; seconds, 23d to 3Jd; inferior. Id to 2d. kip, well flnye to 4d,scored 2d to 3d per lb: calf, first quality. 4d to sd, badly sbnned 31d to 33; scored. 2d to 2Jd per lb. Sheepskins: Butchers' large IAO to 2/; good lines. 1/8: small, 1/3 to 1/4. Lambs at same yrk-p. Tallow: Best, in sound casks 23/. in broken casks ana packages 20/ to 22': Inferior, 12/ fo I.V per ewt. Kousrti fat: Ud per lb Horsehair: rail, 1/3 to 1/5: manr-.nd to lOd per lb. isones: Dry, £-1 15/ per ton.